"THE METAL police barriers outside the federal courthouse in Manhattan looked more like the gates of Neverland, with hordes of reporters from around the world, the morbidly curious and the tearful.
"The King of Ponzi eclipsed even the King of Pop to draw a circus at his finale."
Very often the tabloids use wordplay, current stories, and thier own made up names for people and events to make punchy, albeit often crass, ledes. For instance, I'm fairly certain that "Jacko" was born at the Daily Mirror or another English tabloid. I never saw it in the U.S. until they started using that term regularly for Michael Jackson. But it shows that they emphasize the lede as a way to draw you in. One can get style ideas from tabloids too, though it is not recommended to model one's work on low-brow writing. Finally, I know it's old news but I thought this might provide a little contrast to less some less trashy
publications.
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